TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS
Authors: F F JOHNSTON, J P SANFORD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Article1 June 1961TUBERCULOUS PERITONITISF. F. JOHNSTON, M.D., J. P. SANFORD, M.D.F. F. JOHNSTON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, J. P. SANFORD, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-6-1125 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIf advances in specific therapy and refinements in diagnostic procedures are to be fully utilized, the clinical patterns of infection require periodic critical re-evaluation and perhaps modification. Although tuberculous peritonitis was well described in the early 1900s,1-12 except for several recent reports13-16 it has received little attention in English medical literature subsequent to the widespread utilization of cultural methods for the identification of tubercle bacilli, the employment of tuberculin skin tests, and the introduction of effective specific chemotherapy.This discussion reviews the clinical spectrum of tuberculous peritonitis and emphasizes the clinical features of the "ascitic" type of tuberculous peritonitis (a...Bibliography1. Osler W: Tubercular peritonitis. Johns Hopkins Hosp. Rep. 2: 67-113, 1890. Google Scholar2. Kelly HA: Tubercular peritonitis, in Operative gynecology, Vol. II. D. Appleton and Co., New York, 1898, pp. 134-148. Google Scholar3. Shattuck FC: Prognosis and treatment of tubercular peritonitis. Amer. J. Med. Sci. 124: 1-12, 1902. Google Scholar4. Murphey JB: Tuberculosis of the female genitalia and the peritoneum. Amer. J. 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